Paperback • 2011 • English • 1. edition

The triumph of the city: how our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier and happier

Name: The triumph of the city
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This title is about how our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier and happier. This is a compellingly readable, agenda-setting account of how and why cities function as they do and why so many of us choose to live in them. In 2009, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population lived in cities. In a time when family, friends and co-workers are a call, text, or email away, 3.3 billion people on this planet still choose to crowd together in skyscrape...Show more

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ISBN

9780230709393

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2011

Language

English

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Original title

The triumph of the city

Format

Paperback

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